CHICAGO --- Ask Kentucky big man Enes Kanter whether he sees himself as a power forward or a center in the NBA, and he’ll give the kind of answer that surely makes league executives smile. “I can do either,” he said. “When I went to Kentucky, coach (John) Calipari told me, ‘You are not just a center. You need to play power forward, too.’ So I worked on my shot, on my face-up game and I think I can play either now.”

But, apparently, he has eyes on being a starting center next year. Kanter measured at 6-11.25 with a standing reach of 9-1.5 and a wingspan of 7-1.5 on Friday. Here at the NBA draft combine, Kanter skipped out on interviews with the Bucks, Raptors and Jazz, though he will meet with Utah later next month. Milwaukee (picking 10th) has Andrew Bogut at center, while Utah (third, 12th) has Al Jefferson and Toronto (fifth) has Andrea Bargnani.

Kanter did meet with the Wizards, Cavaliers and Timberwolves, and could potentially start at center for each of those teams. The buzz around the camp this week has been that Washington is Kanter’s preference, where he could join former Kentucky point guard John Wall.